{"id":6602,"date":"2018-08-26T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=6602"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:26:29","slug":"hdm-drug-deal-breached-procurement-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/hdm-drug-deal-breached-procurement-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"HDM drug deal breached procurement regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>The Ministry of Public Health\u00a0 breached the country\u2019s procurement regulations when it went to restricted tendering for the $366.9M in pharmaceuticals to HDM Labs last year and the act was condoned by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.<\/p>\n<p>He has also recommended that both the GPHC and the Ministry initiate annual prequalification of suppliers to prevent the need to engage in open tendering whenever supplies are needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stabroeknews.com\/2018\/news\/guyana\/07\/26\/hdm-drug-deal-breached-procurement-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0 Pixabay (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pexels<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Public Health\u00a0 breached the country\u2019s procurement regulations when it went to restricted tendering for the $366.9M in pharmaceuticals to HDM Labs last year and the act was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[157,116,139,125],"class_list":["post-6602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-anti-corruption","tag-guyana","tag-healthcaremedical","tag-public-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/thermometer-headache-pain-pills-Pixabay-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1Iu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6401,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/restricted-and-single-source-procurement-the-hdm-labs-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":6602,"position":0},"title":"Restricted and single source procurement: The HDM Labs Case","author":"Michele Marius","date":"August 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the last two weeks or so, the print media have been carrying reports of another apparent irregularity in the procurement of drugs and medical supplies at the Ministry of Public Health. 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